On a wind-battered rock in the Baltic Sea, archaeologists have uncovered a puzzle that cuts to the heart of how dogs first ...

Scientists don't know exactly how wolves were domesticated into early dogs, but it's possible that they domesticated themselves by choosing to coexist with humans so that, a new study finds, they ...

Question: I know that modern dogs are descended from prehistoric wolves. My question is when and how were dogs domesticated from wolves? Answer: Some time ago, an archeological dig in Egypt uncovered ...

On a wind-battered rock in the Baltic Sea, archaeologists have uncovered a scene that should not exist: gray wolves living ...

The mystery predator that killed more than 120 sheep in Eastern Montana last year was a "domestic" wolf and not a wild wolf from the Northern Rocky Mountains, state officials said Wednesday. DNA ...

The scientific name for a wolf is Canis lupus. Interestingly, this name comes from Latin, where the word Canis means dog and ...

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A study from researchers at Durham University has found that the process of domestication and selective breeding has limited the ability of domestic dogs to use facial expressions to convey effective ...

The mystery predator that killed more than 120 sheep in Eastern Montana last year was a “domestic” wolf and not a wild wolf from the Northern Rocky Mountains, state officials said Wednesday. DNA ...

Competing theories explain how dogs came to be domesticated from wolves. Now, a new study adds further support to the idea that they domesticated themselves. When you purchase through links on our ...